48ply1stcar Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 This past spring I bought the wife a new-to-us car, a Chrysler 200. Love the car other than you have to remove the front left tire and inner fender to find the battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonaldSmith Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 My 2011 Buick Enclave has the battery under the floor in front of the right middle seat. The battery had a vent tube to release any hydrogen to the exterior. (Charging the battery releases hydrogen from the water in the battery. I think the oxygen combines with the sulfate on the plates to reconstitute sulfuric acid.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niel Hoback Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 2010 Buick Lucerne's battery is under the right rear passenger seat. Just like an old beetle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Petersen Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Battery+replacement+2013+Chrysler+200&&view=detail&mid=912AFA67BB21276D629A912AFA67BB21276D629A&FORM=VRDGAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBNeal Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 I am almost positive that the 200 and its predecessors, the Sebring and the Cirrus, had the battery in the same accessibility-challenged location. My nutty ex-gf kidnapped a used car salesman from the next county over when she decided to make me a surprise visit with a 2012 Grand Cherokee she was taking on a test drive...I surprised them both to show them that the battery was under the front passenger seat...then showed them the battery location under the floorboard in the '48 B-1-B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niel Hoback Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 I think I read that the 200 was the first Fiat designed Chrysler model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merle Coggins Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 I just changed a battery on an '08 Dodge Avenger. It was also up in front of the left front tire. Jack it up, pull the wheel, pull the inner fender, and remove the battery. Not the most convenient but it wasn't all that bad. The worst part was that the hold down bolt broke off and I had to remove the whole battery bracket to get it drilled out. But that wasn't too bad either, Merle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hiebert Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 We had a 2012 Dodge Durango for a few years. Never did find where they put the battery. Owner's manual only said where to attach cables to jump start it if needed. Probably in the same place as that '12 Grand Cherokee, since they're the same platform. Now we have one of those Jeep Patriots, battery is right up front where it's "supposed to be". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyHarold Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 My son's 2006 Stratus has the battery inside the left front wheel well. Remove tire and inner fender, yada yada. That's why we went to Sam's Club when we bought another battery for it...free installation is very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopt50wgn Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 I bought my wife a new Dodge Journey this past Sept. It also has the battery in under the front fender. Her old 2002 Stratus was also like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Neon Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 The only better location for a battery than driver's side behind the radiator is in a pull-out drawer. I don't know why the current trend is for auto manufacturer's to hide the battery. O'Reilly's had to stop advertising free battery replacement when the new cars started hiding their batteries. We had a lady want us to change the spark plugs in her 2012 Buick Enclave the other day. We thought she was joking, but was she ever angry when we told her we don't do that. She exclaimed that she had never been made to feel so stupid in her whole life: maybe late-30s. Princess must have led a charmed life to that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Horne Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 My Chrysler 300 has the battery in the trunk, easy to get to.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eneto-55 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Someone already mentioned the Journey, Ours is a 2009 model, first year for them. I think it is built on the same platform as the Stratus, if I recall correctly. It also has the battery ahead of the left front wheel. There is no way to check the battery fluid level w/o completely removing it. No big deal on older cars, but all that electronic junk resets. I never thought about it when we bought it - not till it went bad, and I had to change it out. I was not blessed. (I'm pretty sure it was the original battery - 6 years later!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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